# Error when deleting a topic which has already been answered

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/351378>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/351378 "2025-02-09T22:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/351378/7 "2025-02-10T21:35:17Z")

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By default, users can’t edit or delete their posts after 24 hours (30 days for trust level 2 users), which might explain why you can’t delete some of your posts.

Links to [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) quickly expire, as the instance is reset each day.

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